NIGHTY NIGHT

Dark comedy. Jill is a beautician with romantic designs on her next door neighbour and she won’t let the man’s wife, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, get in her way. Her own husband is in hospital receiving cancer treatment although she tells everyone he has died.

Sketch based series starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. One of the regular highlights of the show were the sketches where Pete ‘N’ Dud sat and held forth on any number of ‘insane’ topics which usually saw Dud reduced to fits of giggles. A high calibre of guest stars appeared including John Lennon, Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, Alan Bennett, Eric Sykes and Barry Humphries.

Many of the shows no longer exist as the BBC decided in their infinite wisdom in the late sixties and early seventies to embark on an extensive junking policy of much of their archive (in order to conserve space and save money on tapes apparently). Not Only…But Also was only one of hundreds of shows to suffer in this way.